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GARY EDWIN WARD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 21, 1947 – January 29, 1967
Service recordGary Edwin Ward, of Rossville, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 29, 1967, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 97
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Rossville, Georgia (Walker County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 29, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date January 29, 1967; three of them were lost in Phuoc Tuy Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 97
- PHIL ISADORE VALDEZHospitalman · January 29, 1967
- CHARLES ESTERS JRCorporal · January 30, 1967
- RICHARD GARCIAPrivate First Class · January 30, 1967
- PAUL DAVID HOLLOWAYStaff Sergeant · January 30, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LYNN LEROY MILESSergeant · Panel 14E, Line 95
From Rossville
- RAYMOND ALLENSergeant First Class · March 9, 1966
- BILLIE HAYWOOD SMITHSpecialist Four · August 1, 1966
- MARION ELIJAH PATRICKPrivate First Class · May 2, 1967
- JOHN ALVIN FRANKLINSergeant · April 26, 1968
- DENNIS CAROL MELTONSpecialist Four · June 6, 1968
- ANTHONY IRVIN LEECorporal · July 9, 1968
- JIMMY TONY MORRISPrivate First Class · August 26, 1969
- WILLIAM LARRY BYRDCaptain · June 6, 1970
- SCOTT E KILLINGSWORTHSpecialist Four · June 18, 1970
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.